3-letter words containing n
- nto — National Training Organization
- ntp — Network Time Protocol
- nts — National Trust for Scotland
- nu- — indicating an updated or modern version of something
- nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
- nuc — (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
- nug — (slang) A piece of marijuana.
- nuh — Alternative spelling of nah.
- nuj — National Union of Journalists
- num — Abbreviation of number.
- nun — the 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- nur — A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
- nus — oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods, personifying the primordial ocean from which the world was formed; father of Ra, the sun god.
- nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
- nvh — NVH is the study of the noise and vibration levels of a vehicle.
- nvl — (database) A function in Oracle SQL called like NVL(X, Y) that returns X unless it is null, in which case it returns Y. This function is useful for supplying a default value where an expression might be null.
- nvm — (Internet slang) Never mind.
- nvq — National Vocational Qualification: a qualification that rewards competence in a specified type of employment
- nvs — non-volatile storage
- nwt — Northwest Territories (of Canada)
- nwu — National Writers Union
- nxt — (Internet slang, text messaging) next.
- nyc — (nonstandard) nice.
- nye — Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- nym — (Internet) A pseudonym used when posting messages.
- nyx — an ancient Greek goddess personifying night.
- nzc — New Zealand Cricket
- nze — New Zealand English
- nzr — (the former) New Zealand Railways
- ohn — Alternative form of on (
- ona — a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- onc — Open Network Computing
- ond — Ordinary National Diploma
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
- oni — (military, US) w Office of Naval Intelligence.
- ono — Or nearest offer.
- ons — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
- onx — A graphics package from LAL Orsay.
- onz — Order of New Zealand
- orn — (obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.
- own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- p/n — promissory note
- pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- pcn — 1. Program Composition Notation. 2. (communications) Personal Communication Network.
- pen — a female swan.
- pin — Personal Identification Number
- png — Portable Network Graphics
- pni — psychoneuroimmunology
- pnp — 1. (electronics) A type of bipolar transistor consisting of a layer of N-doped semiconductor (the "base") between two P-doped layers (the "collector" and "emitter"). PNP transistors are commonly operated with the emitter at ground and the collector at a negative voltage. In the 1960s, the germanium PNP transistor was the cheapest and best for use at ordinary temperatures. The leakage current from collector to base in this type of device is larger than for the silicon transistor, and also varies more with temperature. The effect of these deficiencies can be lessened by proper biasing and feedback, which can make the circuit both serviceable and reliable. Neither germanium nor PNP transistors are as common today. The voltages used on a PNP transistor are inverted when compared with vacuum tubes. Further, the behaviour of vacuum tubes is usually described in terms of voltages whereas transistors are better described in terms of current. 2. (architecture) plug and play.
- ppn — Project-Programmer Number. A user-ID under TOPS-10 and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN, CompuServe and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well.